Michelle Monje is a professor of neurology at Stanford University and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
19 Facts About Michelle Monje
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Michelle Monje develops new treatments for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
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Michelle Monje grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and became interested in biology as a child.
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Michelle Monje was a figure skater during her childhood and taught figure skating to children with developmental disabilities whilst in Junior High.
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Michelle Monje completed her internship at Stanford before leaving to join Harvard Medical School as a medical resident in neurology.
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Michelle Monje worked in the Brigham and Women's Hospital as well as the Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Michelle Monje completed a fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where she was mentored by Philip A Beachy, and was board certified in neuro-oncology and neurological subspecialities in 2013.
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Michelle Monje's research considers the molecular mechanisms for neurodevelopment and neuroplasticity.
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Michelle Monje looks at how the neural circuits responsible for cognitive and motor functions are developed, and how the microenvironment of a tumour impacts the transition of precursor cells to diseased cells.
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Michelle Monje has extensively investigated Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a cancer for which it is difficult to identify effective chemotherapy and impossible to remove surgically, as the tumour grows in the brainstem.
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The tumour tissue resources developed in Michelle Monje's laboratory are shared with researchers all around the world.
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Michelle Monje is leading a Phase 1 clinical trial of panobinostat, a drug which slows the growth of DIPG and has been shown to increase survival rates in mice.
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Michelle Monje has engineered immune cells including the chimeric antigen receptor T cells to eradicate brain tumours.
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Michelle Monje was board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology in 2018.
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Michelle Monje was recognised by State senator Jerry Hill with a Certificate of Recognition in June 2019.
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Michelle Monje's research is supported by family members of children who have suffered from DIPG.
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Michelle Monje serves on the advisory board of Abbie's Army, a non-profit that fights for a cure for DIPG.
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Michelle Monje is a recipient of the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
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Michelle Monje is married to neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth, with whom she has four children.